Transit

Really cool 1954 Boston subway diagram

by David Alpert   •   May 6, 2008 5:55 pm

Vanshnookenraggen has this amazing historic drawing—part map, part artistic rendering—of the Boston subway and elevated rail system as it existed in the mid-twentieth century (sometime between 1929, when the Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line opened (lower left), and 1964, when the MBTA replaced the MTA and gave the lines color designations).

Update: Mike figured out that the map must date from 1951-1955, between the opening of the Museum of Science and the Science Park Green line station.

Update 2: It's 1954. The extension to Wonderland (lower right) opened in January 1954, but the Day Sq. station was renamed Wood Island Park (now Wood Island) in October 1954.

Vanshnookenraggen also has MBTA transit expansion visions similar to mine and the others for DC. (Thanks, Mike!)

David Alpert is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Greater Greater Washington and Greater Greater Education. He worked as a Product Manager for Google for six years and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He loves the area which is, in many ways, greater than those others, and wants to see it become even greater.